First Day of School

Preschool (He did not want me to take his picture)

4th Grade

2nd Grade

It's a BOY!

In case you haven't heard, we are having another boy!  We are all pretty excited about it and can't wait to meet him in a couple months. We got to see him in 4D which was interesting but fun!  I would post the picture but I am on the iPad and not using the app so it won't let me add a new picture.  We are going to name him Austin James Nichols.

We hit 20 weeks officially tomorrow...for most people that means the pregnancy is half over.  I guess I am special because I hit my half way a couple weeks ago!  We are hoping to make it to 36 weeks so we can avoid another NICU stay but there is a good chance he will come earlier.  We are planning on an October baby instead of a December baby.  We will do whatever it takes to keep us both safe and alive!

Easter

We spent part of Easter Weekend in St. George with Grandma, Grandpa, and a few cousins!  These are the only two pictures that will load right now...maybe I will add more later.

Soccer

Josh finished his first soccer season a couple weeks ago!  I am not sure he loved it but he seemed to have fun and he was usually close to the ball...he just never wanted to kick the ball.  He would hold it between his feet!!

The Most Wonderful Time of the Year!!

I don't think it is any secret that I love Disneyland and so does my family but I REALLY LOVE DISNEYLAND at Christmas!!  It is all so magical!  I am hoping to make a Christmas trip to Disneyland a yearly tradition...I just need Disneyland to STOP raising the price of tickets so we can afford this tradition! :)  As a little side note, it rained pretty much the whole time we were there so our hair is all a little crazy!!  I had plans to get a cute family Christmas picture with our hair all looking perfect but I forgot the hairspray and then it rained so there wasn't any point to even doing the hair!!

HUGE Christmas Tree in Disneyland...I want one!

Family Photo by Disneyland Christmas Tree

We found Red!

The boys on the Mater Ride.  Ben actually liked it!

The girls on the Mater Ride in their matching outfits!

While killing time in the rain waiting for the other half of our family to get tired of riding Splash Mountain, we found some friendly creatures!  Tigger tried to give Ben five and shake his hand...I don't think I have ever seen Ben's eyes get so big!

We found Santa at Disneyland.  We were sad his reindeer didn't make it this year.

Ben's favorite ride was the carousel!  All my kids have LOVED this ride at that age.

October

Killing time while waiting for the girls to get out of school!

We had a day to kill at BYU recently so we found some dinosaurs!

Sammy getting ready to chop her hair

Locks of Love donation

Sammy getting recognized at school for her locks of love donation.

Wedding Rapunzel (Andrea worked hard and saved money for this costume).

Mickey Mouse

Cowgirl

Optimus Prime was unavailable for pictures...maybe next week we can catch him!!

No More Lazy Days

My slow paced life came to an end this week! I have loved having nowhere to go and nothing that has to get done by a certain time (other than picking the girls up from school)! Jeff takes the girls to school every morning because they start at 8:00 AM. It has been so nice to just hang out with my boys every morning and play! Josh is always wanting to have someone to play with him so most mornings were spent going on rescue missions with his Rescue Bots.

This week our lives got a little more scheduled! I love the activities my kids are in and especially love that Josh got in to preschool with his best friend but sometimes I miss lazy days!

Samantha is the busiest with gymnastics, piano lessons, Activity Days, and she is in a Children's Choir with our church. Andrea has gymnastics and piano lessons. Josh has preschool twice a week and playgroup at the park twice a week. Ben just gets to go wherever I am :)!! I also trade off volunteering and babysitting with a friend from church. Our girls are in the same class this year so we share a volunteering time. I am so happy to be back in the classroom helping out again! Then you add all the homework on top of that and you see why our lazy days are over!

I love every minute of my life and love watching my kids try new things. I am so thankful that we have the ability to put our kids in different activities to strengthen and build upon their talents.